The Artificial Leaf

(2012)

Dan Nocera has a simple equation to save the planet: sun + water = energy for the world.

Taking his cues from nature, what the father of photochemistry Giacomo Ciamician called “the guarded secret of plants”, Nocera has invented an artificial leaf with a self-healing catalyst that can power the earth inexpensively by using sunlight to split water and store energy.

Impossible

(2014)

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

-Arthur C. Clarke

Despite the deep and complex chemistry of analog instant film, it has returned to our lives with new meaning. Turning light into images, if not ingenious, is then the simple joy of watching magic develop.